34 Fortieth Annual Meeting 



years from now we will be a Society of perhaps several 

 thousand members, which means much larger meetings. I 

 think it is really necessary that we have the divisions or 

 sections advocated by Dr. Smith. I move the adoption of 

 the amendment. 



Mr. Gunckel: I only see one line in there that would 

 be a difficult problem to define, and that is the vice-presi- 

 dency of the angling fraternity. I do not think in the 

 American Fisheries Society (and I have been a member of 

 it for twenty years) that you can find a real truthful angler 

 unless you go to the State of Ohio. One of the principal 

 things I would look after is to see that you get someone 

 who when making his official report would do so as a 

 truthful angler. I have listened for twenty years to these 

 scientific propositions ; it is only occasionally that I hear of 

 some angler who will tell the truth about the number of 

 fish caught by scientific anglers. We have only one in Ohio, 

 but I will vouch that he is the most truthful man connected 

 with this association. (Laughter and applause.) 



President : We who have known Brother Gunckel a good 

 many years will concede that he is highly qualified to fill the 

 position of vice-president of the particular section he has 

 mentioned. We do not want an angler who will tell the 

 truth, and I know he is well qualified to serve because a few 

 years ago he pursued his investigations into fish culture so 

 far that he produced fish on trees. I know this because 

 I saw his picture of a tree with various kinds of fishes 

 dangling from its branches. I know he is eminently quali- 

 fied for the place, because he is such a splendid fish liar. 

 Ananias would be jealous if he were here. (Laughter.) 



Dr. Bean : If Brother Gunckel said fish grow on trees, 

 he was undoubtedly correct, as they certainly do in Alaska. 

 (Laughter.) 



Mr. Ward T. Bower: I think neither the professional 

 nor the amateur fish liar should be excluded from member- 

 ship in this section. (Laughter.) 



